Lower Oil Prices Lead Iraqi Security Forces to Cut Payrolls, Halt Key Purchases
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BAGHDAD — Reeling from a sharp drop in oil prices, Iraq’s security forces are trimming bloated payrolls and will be unable to purchase ships and aircraft that Iraqi officials had hoped would allow the country to develop a basic ability to fend off external threats by 2012, the United States’ projected withdrawal date, according to U.S. military officials.
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